flameout

1. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.

2. (исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.

   The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts.

3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).

   The left engine suffered a flameout from ingesting heavy rain.

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